After adjusting his mood, Wu Yong joined the queue in front of the enforcement team.
Soon, an enforcement officer dressed in black tactical gear with a sword-shaped emblem on his chest appeared before Wu Yong, holding a type of medicinal pill used to detect killing intent.
"I'm here to register. I shouldn't need to take that, right?"
"Register?"
The enforcement officer looked Wu Yong up and down. He looked unremarkable, with messy short black hair and a travel-worn appearance.
The most obvious thing about him, however, was the faint scent of medicine lingering on his body.
Still, his features were quite youthful, fitting the academy's age requirements.
Moreover, quite a few people had been coming to register lately; this youth was not an isolated case.
"Fine, then follow me."
Soon, Wu Yong and the enforcement officer arrived beside a massive black stone stele.
A middle-aged man, also dressed in black tactical gear, was sitting behind a small table next to the stele, staring at a piece of parchment.
Hearing the footsteps of the officer and Wu Yong, the middle-aged man looked up, gave a cursory glance, and pointed toward the stele.
"Here to register, right? Go test your cultivation first. Channel your Dou Zhi Qi into the stele."
A few seconds later, the middle-aged man and the enforcement officer who had brought Wu Yong over stared at the glowing characters on the stele, both falling into silence.
Five-Star Dou Zhe!
"May I ask your name, young brother? How old are you, and do you have a specific instructor you wish to register with?"
A smile quickly appeared on the middle-aged man's face, causing the enforcement officer beside him to twitch his lips.
Typical of you, Captain!
"You are too kind, senior. My name is Wu Yong. I'm a few months shy of sixteen, and I have an agreement with Instructor Ruolin of Yellow Class 2."
"Young brother Wu Yong... so, you are currently fifteen, correct?"
The enforcement captain had sensed the youth wasn't old, but he hadn't expected him to be a five-star Dou Zhe at only fifteen. He had assumed a youth of this age would be at most at the eighth or ninth stage of Dou Zhi Qi.
At the same time, he couldn't help but feel a bit envious of Instructor Ruolin of Yellow Class 2. That person, who hadn't been an Outer Academy instructor for long, was truly lucky!
Other instructors might not encounter such a super genius in their entire lives, yet she had stumbled upon one shortly after taking the job.
Seeing Wu Yong nod, the enforcement captain thought for a moment and didn't ask further.
He didn't believe a super genius of this caliber would be problematic; surely no faction would be so extravagant as to waste such talent?
"Instructor Ruolin is indeed still in the academy. In a while, you can join the other new students who passed the admission standards and take the Griffin into the academy. How about that?"
"Mm, that would be a trouble for you."
Wu Yong didn't see any issue with this arrangement. He followed the enforcement officer to a nearby room to rest, where many other new students who had just passed the assessment were waiting.
About a quarter of an hour later, the group of new students stared in stunned silence at the massive Griffin before them.
Wu Yong was no exception; this was his first time being this close to a giant beast that stood seven or eight meters tall.
It was like a moving villa.
When boarding the giant beast, the group caused quite a bit of commotion and ended up covered in dust.
Because the Griffin's feathers were slippery, except for the seating area in the middle, many people spent a great deal of effort only to find themselves still in place, sliding right back down the slick plumage.
Wu Yong, however, controlled the surrounding wind-attribute energy to create several footholds on the Griffin's feathers and boarded with ease.
This was the first lesson Canaan Academy taught these new students: to recognize their own limitations.
However, this lesson didn't last long. With the help of some enforcement officers, all the new students soon boarded the Griffin.
Before long, the Griffin's massive wings stirred up numerous air currents, carrying everyone into the sky.
Everything on the ground began to shrink rapidly, and colder currents at high altitude swept over them.
The flight lasted a long time. Because they had to accommodate many new students who were still at the Dou Zhi Qi stage, the Griffin did not fly too fast.
It wasn't until the sun rose the next day that the group arrived at Canaan City, where Canaan Academy was located.
The Griffin landed slowly at the flight terminal in Canaan City, and Wu Yong quietly dispersed the energy shield around his body.
Led by the enforcement officers, the new students walked toward Canaan Academy.
Along the way, the group caught a glimpse of this vast city.
They had seen the massive city from the sky, but now, experiencing it firsthand while walking through the streets, the impression was even deeper.
A quarter of an hour later, the group finally arrived at this ancient institution with hundreds of years of history.
At the academy gate, Ruolin, exuding a gentle and mature aura, saw the familiar youth and immediately waved:
"Wu Yong!"
In the blink of an eye, half a year had passed, and Wu Yong had completely adapted to the life of cultivation within the academy.
Compared to the treacherous Black-Corner Region, Wu Yong could be very relaxed in Canaan Academy, without needing to be constantly vigilant of every movement around him.
He only needed to focus his entire mind on cultivation and study; as for everything else, it had little to do with him, a newly promoted Dou Shi.
Considering that even after his promotion to Dou Shi, the probability of obtaining a white-tier entry remained as high as ninety-eight percent, Wu Yong knew well that his wisest choice moving forward was to continue developing the golden legendary-tier entry talent, [Son of Wind].
If nothing unexpected happened, this situation might even continue for decades, or perhaps even a century.
"Wu Yong!"
A gentle call interrupted Wu Yong, who was lying in a tree with his eyes closed in deep thought.
Flipping down, Wu Yong quickly walked over to the smiling Instructor Ruolin.
"Instructor."
"I knew you would be here, kid. Come with me; your observation period is over."
Instructor Ruolin said these words in a relaxed tone, and a look of pleasant surprise quickly appeared on Wu Yong's face as he followed closely behind her toward the central area of the academy.
As an ancient institution on the Dou Qi Continent, Canaan Academy naturally possessed unique advantages that attracted a constant stream of new students from thousands of miles away to pursue further studies.
That's right, it was the cultivation methods and Dou Skills!
For students with outstanding talent, the academy would allow them to borrow cultivation methods and Dou Skills below the Earth Tier at a very low price.
The better a student's talent, the higher the grade of the cultivation methods and Dou Skills they could borrow, and the lower the price they would have to pay.
However, this only applied to their first time borrowing such techniques; the prices for subsequent times would become increasingly higher, which served as a warning to students to be careful not to bite off more than they could chew.
But Wu Yong was different from the others; his background was unknown, and he had grown up in the Black-Corner Region, so the academy needed to observe his performance for a period of time.
After all, the academy couldn't just invite a wolf into the house, could it?
Furthermore, on the way, Instructor Ruolin told Wu Yong that this time he could borrow both a high-grade Xuan Tier cultivation method and a Dou Skill simultaneously, without having to choose between the two like the others.
In a sense, this could be considered the academy's compensation for his mental distress?
Regarding this, Wu Yong found it acceptable; after all, the reputation of the Black-Corner Region was, truthfully, a bit...
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